A Day Of Mornings
Words: 12-02-2000
Music: 12-02-2000
What’s It All About?
This is song is an admission of wrongdoing… it’s about the collateral damage that can result from making decisions when you don’t know your own heart. It’s the apology I never got to give in person.
There’s an edge of defiance, and a touch of anger, in the lyrics and tone of this song. I wasn’t aware of it when I wrote it. Looking back, I think it stems from the thought that it takes two people to enter into an ill-advised contract. That, and the fact that I almost certainly needed to shield myself from my own bad behavior.
The song was played in Running Erin, near the end of my time with that band. I don’t believe there’s a full-band version in my possession, if one exists at all. The version presented here is from an album of acoustic songs I put together in 2004 called “Test Pressing,” featuring me singing and playing acoustic guitar, live direct to the hard disk. There are no overdubs or effects added.
Lyrics:
You say
A day of mornings
Is not enough to erase tonight
I say
The world is turning
And I don’t see things as you might
No way
To get through to you
You won’t listen, that’s your right
Foul play
At least in your view
You’re the blind spot in my eyes
Okay, I
Made another one of my big
Mistakes
You’re the one who pays when I make it right
What do I say
When you stand before me?
How much truth is too much knife?
I go away
And it’s too easy
You’re left standing with your life
Support Independent Music
The media files on this page are provided for your enjoyment — you can listen, and even download the MP3 files, and not pay a dime. I encourage you to share them with friends, provided no one changes or sells the files, and that you attribute them to me.
I do hope you’ll consider contributing an amount proportional to how much you like these songs. When you pay for music on this site, you declare yourself to be a patron of independent creative endeavors… and my supporter. That means a great deal, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Recommended price: $1.00
Listen and Download
[...] heard. Further irony… the girlfriend in question ended up with me some six years later. See “A Day of Mornings” for how that turned [...]